Street-car



J. H. FLYNN Sn. STREET cAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I9. 1918.

Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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i I To all whom it may concern:

' struct the seats so that they extend at an angle to the direction of the usual i trans- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JoIIN'II. FLYNN, SE, OF CINCINNATI, oHIo'.

STREET-CAR.

Be it known that I, JOHN H. FLvN S12, a citizen of the United States, reslding in Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Street-Cars, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention relates to an improved street car in which the seating arrangement is de signed to accommodate a greater nuinberof persons seated than other car seating arrangements known to me, without taking from the standing room usually to be found in street cars. I

"This and additional objects are attained in the car described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which illustrates a sectional. plan view of a car embody ng my invention.

In my improved car construction I conversely alined seats, the inclination being to the rear preferably asshown in the drawing. In dotted lines 2 I have shown the position of the usual seating arrangement in Byineans of my improved seating arj rangement the numberot persons whichmay Specification of Letters l atent.

' Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

Application filed July 19, 1918. Serial No. 245,631,

be seated on each seat, without. crowding, is three, as shown at 3, whereas in the usual dlrectly transverse seats but two persons I maybe seated. This rearrangement of the seats may be made without taking up any of the space usually provided for seating room,

the space 4 left by the rearward inclination of the front seat being taken up by'the space occupied bythe rearward inclination ofthe rear seat, the width of the aisle 5 between the seats remaining the same, with little or no difference in the distance 6 between adjacent seats. a

I Thus a maximum number of passengers 7 maybe seated without taking from the room JOHN H. FLYNN Jr; 

